Ash receptacle



Feb. 9, 1932. J CQHEN 1,844380 ASH RECEPTACLE Filed Ost. 26, 1926 INVENTOR.

Patented Feb. 9, 1932 UN1TED STATES JOSEPH H. COHEN, OF BRIDGEIEOR'I, CONNEGTICU'I ASIH." REGEITACL'E App'lication filed October 26, 1926.

This invention relates to ash receivers ;for motor vehicles, and m01e pa1ticu1ar1y t an ash reoever for uso with elcctric cigar- Iighters.

An objeot of this invention is t0 provide an ash 1eceiver which may T00 easily and quickly attachoc1 the instrumsnt board 01 a motor vehicle, and y0t allow the ash recep- 1acle proper to be easily removed for c1ean Another object is t0 provide an ash re- 0eiver Which may be engaged by a part 0f the electri0 cigar-lighter, so that the ash reoeiver may b0 securecl in p1ace 011 the instrument boarc1 a1:- the same tin0e, that the cigar-lighter is fastened in place, ancl preferably by the same means.

A11l yet another object 0:E this invention is 120 provide an ash receiver 1t'01 attachment t0 instrument boards 0f m0tor vehicles, which ash receivers may 700 shifted 01 adjusued a0 various positions with relation 10 the electrie cigar-lightex. witlh which i;t is preforably used.

25 Other features and advantages Will hereinaiter appear.

111 the accompanying drawings Whi0h illustrate 0110 101m 0:E the pses0nt inventi0n hat a1; present preferred Figurs 1 is a side olcvation showing a cig.jgar-lighter attached t0 an instrument b0ard 01 a motor vehiele with 11110 ash reoeiver 015 1 110 present imenion mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a 110111- vi0w of 1:he parts shown in Fig. 1,- two 0f i he positions to Which the ash receiver may be adjustecl being shown, 0110 being3; shown in c10tted lines.

1*ig. 3 :is a top 3310.11 view 01 the bracket 0f 13110 ash receiver of the prosent invention.

Fig. 41 is a front view of a modification of the ash reoeiver sh0wn in Figgs. 1 to 3.

As sh0wn 3111 Ehe accompanyin drawings, the e1ecmic ciga1ulighter 10 is provided with a threadod sleeV0 11 Wbioh when mounted 3 011 1110 instru1nent board 12 013 a motor vehic1e passes hrough an aperture 13 in said instrument boacrd. so that th0 fihreaded s1eeve 11 prot-rudes slip:ht1y hoyond the instrument board. At its end.. the threaded sleeve 11 is aapte01 150 reooive 15110 igniting uni 141 of the Serial N0. 144,269.

cigar-lighter, so that th0 igniting unit 1nay 130 with0lrawn therefrom by band 101 use. T110 cigar-lighter is hold in adjusted position 011 the instrument b0ard by front and rear nuts 15 and 16 which engage opposite sid0s 0f the instrument b0a1d t0 firmly hold the throaded sleeve 11 in position thereon.

The ash receiver 0f the present invention comprises a bracket plate 17, whose upper end is provided with a ring 18 having an aperture 19 adapte'd t0 be slipp0d over 13110 threaded sleeve 11 0f the cigar-lighter. At its 10W61 end, the bracket 17 is provided with a spring Clip 20 pivotally connected so the, bracket p1ate 17 by a stud 21. T110 spring c1ip 20 is shaped so encirc1e an ash receptacle 22 so as to hold ehe ash receptacle in proper osition 011 the bracket with a flared upper portion 28 0f the ash recepta0le 22 engaging the top of the spring c1ip. I1 desired, the Clip 20 may 100 made of non-resilient matsrial, in which case tho ash rec0ptac1e would be moved out of the olip vertically when it 1s desired to empty the same. However, it 1s preferable that the 01ip 20 be made of springy material and. be 0pen at the front, so that the ash receptacle 22 may be withdrawn horizonta1ly from the c1ip and quickly and oasfly s11ap back into place after it has been cleaned.

T0 mount the ash receiver ab0ve described 010 the instrument board, the ring 18 0f the braoket plate 20 is slipped 0v01 tho threaded nozzle' 11 after the threaded nozzl0 ha s been insert0d in a prepared z1perture in the 1nstrument board. Then the nut 15 is screwed on the threaded nozzle until it firmly presses the ri:ng 18 which also thus acts as a washer against the instrument board and draws tho 11ut 16 firmly in place. Of coursa, the nut 15 may be set in place and the tightening may 130 performed by the nut 16, if desired with the same effect. Hence, ic Will 100 seen that tho ash receiver may 100 mounted 011 tho instrument b0a1d at the same time the cigarlighter is being secured in plac0 thereon and by the same means. In cases where the ash reoeiver is no 100 placed 011 a eigar-lighter Whi0h was already mounted 011 the instrument board, it is merely necessary t0 remove the nut 15 and slip the ring 18 over the threaded sleeve 11.

Attention is callecl to the fast that, as is customary With cigar-lighters for motor vehicles, the ash gnarcl 24 is macle removable so as to permit the sleeve 11 to be plaoecl through the aperture in the instrument boarcl ancl so a5 130 permit the nut 15 t0 bei slicl over t he encl of the igniting unit. This same operation is performecl when it is clesirecl to attacli tl1e asl1 receptacle'of the pre'sent inventi0n, ancl hence it should be unclerstoocl that in tl1e above description of the methocl of applying tl1e ash receiver 0f the present invention, it is -unclerstood that the ash guard 24 has been removed from the igniting n nit 14.

In some cases, the oigar-lighter is not mountecl directly onthe instrument boarcl bu't 011 a bracket secnrecl to the instrument board. Such a bracket l1as an aperture C01- responding to the hole in the instrument board through whieh the threadecl sleeve 11 passes. In such cases, the ring18- of the bracket plate 17 is slipped over tl1e threacle'cl sleeve 11 in exactly the same way as it is Whenthe cigar-lighter is mounted in the in strument boarcl itself.

The cigar-lighter 10 may, ofcourse, have' any position on the instrument board that the user clesires, ancl it has been fonncl extremely inconvenient to have the ash receiver so constructecl that it cannot be adjusted angularlywith relation to tl1e Cigar-lighter, for in sonne of the positions in whichthe (Zigarlighter may loe put the ash receiver would be in the way.

Aocordingly, the present invention provides the ash receiver so that lt may loe adjustecl to any positionfonncl convenient by the user. Hence,the aperture 19 of the ring 18 is made to loosely fit the threaclecl sleeve 11 so that the'bracket may be adjustecl angu larly with relation' t0 the cigar-lighter ancl the perpendicular. F01 instance, it may be 'acljusted to the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 2, wher e the month of the ash receiver 22 Will be at the side 013 the igniting unit, or the bracket 17 may be swung arouncl the sleeve 11 so as to bring the ash receiver 150 the position shown in clottecl lii1es in Fig.

2, where itis locatecl clirectly beneath the igniting nnit. It Will be noted that it ismerely'necessary to loosen the nut 15 and aclj ust the bracket plate 17 to proper position an'cl then tighten the nut 15 to hold the bracket plate in the clesirecl angnlar position.

In order to permit tl1is acljustrnent to loe macle ancl yet to allw the ash receptacle 22 to loe kept in perpenclicular position, the pivotal connection constitutedl by the stud 21 is proviclecl between the Clip 20 ancl tl1'e bracket plate 17. Hence, when the bracket plate 17 is acljusteclsay, to the positlon shown in Fig. 2,the clip 20 may be rotatecl snfficiently to bring the ash receptaole 22 to aperpenb1acket plate is made in two parts, one the' ring 18a and the other a platze 17a with a pivota1 Connection 30 between them. This piVot-al connection permits the plate 17 a 'to be swung to any clesired angular position without disturbing the ring 18a. The lower end 01 the plate 17 a has a Clip 20 pivotally comnected thereto by the stucl 21 just as in the other fo1 m.

Variations and modifications may loe made within the .scope of this invention a1id portions of the improvements may be used without others.

I-Iaving clescribed the' invention,what is' claimed as new and for WhiCh itj is desi'red to obtain Letters Patent, is

1. Supporting means for an asl1 receiver for an eleotric cigar-lighter having a sleeve by means.of Wl110h the cigar-lighte'er is supportecl, comprising a bracket plate having an aperture adapted to fit and through which said sleeve is aclaptecl to pass when the bracket plate is slid over the sleeve and supported thereon'; and a socketon the bracket plate to snpport an ash re ceptacle.

2. Supporting means for an ash 'receiver for an electric oigar-lighter having a sleeve by means of' whichthe cigar-lighter is supported, comprising a bracket plate adapted to be supported on said sleeve and having a ring adapted 130 bear upon and loosely fit said sleeve whereby the bracket plate may be adjustecl angularly around said sleeve and with relation to the perpendicnlar; means for holding said bracket platze in acljusted position; and a socket onthe bracket -plateto support an ash reeeptaole.

3. S1ipporng means for an ash receiver for an electric cigar-lighter having a 'sleeve by means of which the cigar=lighter is supported, cbmprising a britc-ket plate adapted to be supportecl on said sleeve and having a ring adaptecl to bear upon am]. loosely fit said sleeve whereby the bracket plate may be adjnstecl ahgulfirly around said sleeve and with rellation to the perpendicular means foi hold in said braeket plate in adjusted position; a sooket on the bracket plate to support an ash receptacle; anal means for mounting sai d socket rotatably on said bracket plate to permit the socket to be shifted to maintain the ash receptacle supported thereby perpendicular or in other desired position when the bracket plate is adjustecl angularly with relation to the perpendicular.

4. In a device of ehe cha1acr described, a Hat plate having a 1ing ab one end and an arm eoextensive with the 1ing, said ring being adapted to be slipped over a tubular support; a flat arm pivoted t0 the arm 011 said piace; a11d a socket member mounted 011 said secondmmned arm and adaptecl t0 support a receptacle.

5. In a device of the character described, a Hat p1ate having a ring at one end and an arm coextensive with the ring, said ring being adapbed s0 be slipped over a tubular support; a flat arm pivoted t0 the arm 011 said plate; und a -socket member rotatably mounted on said second-named arm and adapted to support a reeeptacle.

Signal at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfi'eld, and Stace 0f Connecticut, this 25th day 01 October, 1926 JOSEPH H. COHEN. 

